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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Check this box if no FORM 4
- ---- longer subject to
Section 16. Form 4 or STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Form 5 obligations may
continue. See Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Instruction 1(b). Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person
Middelhoff Thomas barnesandnoble.com inc. Symbol = bnbn to Issuer (Check all applicable)
__________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _X_ Director 10% Owner
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS Identification 4. Statement for ___ Officer (give ___ Other (Specify
Number of Reporting Month/Year title below) below)
Carl-Bertelsmann-Strasse 270 Person, if an entity
(voluntary) MAY 1999
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(Street)
5. If Amendment, Date of 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
33311 Gutersloh Germany Original (Month/Year) (Check applicable line)
__________________________________________ _X_ Form Filed by one Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip) Form Filed by more than one
--- Reporting Person
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
5. Amount of
3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) Securities
2. Trans- action or Disposed of (D) Beneficially 6. Ownership
action Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned at Form: 7. Nature of
Date (Instr. --------------------------- End of Direct(D) Indirect
Month/ 8) (A) Month or Beneficial
1. Title of Security Day/ ----- --- Amount or Price (Instr. Indirect(I) Ownership
(Instr.3) Year) Code V (D) 3 and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Class A Common Stock, par 5/28/99 P 28,800 A $18.00 28,800 D(1)
value $.001
* If this form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
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<CAPTION> Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
2. Conver- 5. Number of Deriv- 6. Date Exercisable
sion or 3. Trans- 4. Trans- ative Securities and Expiration Date
Exercise action action Acquired (A) or (Month/Day/Year)
Price of Date Code Disposed of (D) -----------------------
Deriv- (Month/ (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) Date
1. Title of Derivative Security ative Day/ ----- ---- ----------------------- Exercis- Expiration
(Instr. 3) Security Year) Code V A D able Date
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9. Number of 10. Ownership
Derivative of Deriv- 11. Nature
Securities ative of
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Benefi- Security: Indirect
Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) cially Direct Bene-
--------------------------------- 8. Price of Owned (D) or ficial
Amount or Derivative at End Indirect Owner-
1. Title of Derivative Title Number of Security of Month (I) ship
Security (Instr. 3) Shares (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses
(1) These shares were purchased by Ulrich Koeker, who is holding them in trust on behalf of Dr. Middelhoff.
/s/ Ulrich Koeker* June 10, 1999
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute ------------------------------- --------------
Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and **Signature of Reporting Person Date
15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). *pursuant to a power-of-attorney
attached hereto
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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SEC 1474 (8-92)
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City of Gutersloh, Federal Republic of Germany, 10th day of June 1999
I, Dr. Dietrich Merklinghaus, a Notary in and for said state, do hereby
certify, that
Mr. Dr. Thomas Middelhoff, Diplom-Kaufmann,born
on the 11th day of May 1953, residing at
Bielefeld, business address: Carl-Bertels-
mann-Str. 270, 33311 Gutersloh,
on the 30th day of March 1998 before me has given a power of attorney in
notarial form to
Mr. Ulrich Koeker, born on the 16th day of
August 1946, Wirtschaftsprufer and
Steuerberater, residing at Gutersloh, business
address: Verler Strasse 6, 33332 Gutersloh
to represent him in any and all matters in relation to the closing of
contracts and making statements, which in legal way can be taken or given
from him or against him.
This power of attorney has until today not been revoked.
